Episodes

  • Ninja Tune Podcast - DJ Seinfeld

    Ninja Tune Podcast - DJ Seinfeld
    Apr 17 2023
    This month on the Ninja Tune Podcast, our producer Azariah Mai sat down with DJ Seinfeld to discuss his beginnings in music, his recording process, and the 2021 release of his most recent album ‘Mirrors’ released via Ninja Tune. They delve into the unusual topic of UFO’s, as Seinfeld expresses a fascination with flying saucers, we find out what his ‘perfect UFO experience’ would be. Don’t forget to rate and subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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    43 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - Julianna Barwick

    Ninja Tune Podcast - Julianna Barwick
    Feb 28 2023
    Guest host James Heather sits down to chat with Julianna Barwick on a cold winters day in January. Julianna is a composer, vocalist and producer who makes deep, reflective compositions out of the human voice. Her fourth and latest album, “Healing Is A Miracle”, released in 2020, is a distinctive meditation on sound, reverb and the voice and was released on Ninja Tune. Julianna picks and talks about the songs that have influenced and signposted her life (including William Basinski, Bjork & Apex Twin) and also talks about her love of singing caves, Rnb Karaoke, making music on Garageband and how Enya is underrated. Originally aired on James Heather’s ‘Moving Sounds’ show on Soho Radio.

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - PVA

    Ninja Tune Podcast - PVA
    Feb 15 2023
    On this months episode, host Azariah Mai sits down with London Based band PVA for an interview they recorded in Autumn 2022, to chat about PVA's newly released album ‘BLUSH’.’ We’ll hear about the comical moments from their performance on Jools Holland, the formation of the band and some of the artists who are inspiring them at the moment.

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    41 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - Tycho

    Ninja Tune Podcast - Tycho
    Dec 12 2022
    On this episode of The Ninja Tune podcast, our producer Azariah Mai sits down with grammy nominated producer, composer, and graphic designer Scott Hansen, known professionally as Tycho. Highly respected for his musical output and graphic design work, Tycho has produced and released a hugely successful back catalogue - the albums ‘Epoch’ and ‘Weather’ were both nominated for best Dance/Electronic Album at the Grammy Awards in 2016 and 2019. During our conversation, we'll discuss his inspirations, the crossroads in his career, and some of the music he's currently working on.

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    35 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - Colin Stetson

    Ninja Tune Podcast - Colin Stetson
    Oct 28 2022
    Halloween is upon us, and with Halloween comes a creepy plethora of freaky cult films, scary soundtracks, and a fascination with the horrific and the macabre that overtakes culture by a storm. For this episode, host Azariah Mai sits down with saxophonist, multireedist, and composer Colin Stetson for our very own Halloween special. We’ll be getting spooky with it as we discuss his work on the soundtrack of the renowned 2018 horror film ‘Hereditary’ and the 2022 release of Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Netflix sequel. Colin has worked with the likes of Arcade Fire, Bon Iver and Bell Orchestre. We’ll also listen to the track ‘All Aboard’ from the upcoming film ‘The Menu’ hitting cinemas this November 18th, the soundtrack of which has been produced by stetson himself.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - Barry Can't Swim

    Ninja Tune Podcast - Barry Can't Swim
    May 24 2022
    Hello and welcome back to the Ninja Tune podcast with your host Azariah Mai. On this episode Azariah will be sitting down with Edinburgh born, London Based producer Barry Can't Swim to chat about his upcoming EP 'More Content' dropping this June 24th. He'll give us a run down of his musical journey so far, we'll hear about some of the artists that inspire him at the moment and also some of the music he listened to growing up.

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    49 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - Matt Black (Coldcut) & James Heather (Ambient Music Special)

    Ninja Tune Podcast - Matt Black (Coldcut) & James Heather (Ambient Music Special)
    Nov 29 2021
    Interview with Matt Black, co-founder of Ninja Tune and one half of Coldcut. We explore his relationship with ambient music via some song selections that have signposted his life and also play music from and speak about the @0 ambient compilation he put together in aid of the charities Calm, Mind and Black Minds Matter. We discuss and play music from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Irresistible Force, Specimens, Coldcut, Steve Reich, Steve Roach and many more and get into the mind of this fascinating artist. This show originally aired as a Moving Sounds interview on Soho Radio.

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Ninja Tune Podcast - Mind w/ ELKKA, Percolate, Yaya Bey & Peach

    Ninja Tune Podcast - Mind w/ ELKKA, Percolate, Yaya Bey & Peach
    Aug 3 2021
    On this episode of the Ninja Tune Podcast, we teamed up with Mind to organise a panel discussing mental health in the electronic music industry. The panel was hosted by Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at the mental health charity, Mind. Mind have been working in partnership with Ninja Tune, Paradigm, POLY and Percolate to raise awareness of mental health across the electronic music industry and in the podcast, Emma was joined by Simon Denby (Percolate), ELKKA (Technicolour / femme culture), Peach (NTS) and Yaya Bey (Big Dada). They explored issues like stigma, how to take care of your mental health while working in the industry and what needs to change across the industry to make it more supportive of people’s mental health.Mind in partnership with Ninja Tune, Paradigm, POLY and Percolate have developed some resources for people working in the electronic music industry so they can take care of their own mental health and look out for othersThere is a guide for:Organisations including a section for managersArtist managers - how to support your artists and take care of yourselfEmployees - how to take care of your own mental health and look out for othersFreelancers - how to take care of your own mental health and look out for othersYou can find the resources at: https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/music-sector-guides/

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    1 hr and 1 min